No Bake Nut And Chocolate Bars

Written by McDonald, T.  |  Updated 16th June 2025

Never miss out on chocolate bars again.  Making your own vegan chocolate bar is so easy and requires no baking at all.  You can have this recipe ready to eat in a few hours and take only minutes to prepare.

Melt the chocolate for the topping.

Notes

• Melt the coconut cream in a bowl over a saucepan of boiling water.
• Melt the chocolate in the same way over a saucepan of boiling water.  

 

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Time – 20 minutes preparing and 2 hrs waiting.  Total time is 2hrs 20 minutes.

Servings 24 squares or 12 bars.

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Ingredients

• 250 g dates (I used a block of dates)
• 50 g almonds roughly chopped in a blender
  
• 50 g cranberries
• 35 g pumpkin seeds roughly chopped in a blender
  
• 75 g of dry roasted salted peanuts (50 g roughly chopped in a blender, 25 g for topping)
  
• 20 g shredded coconut
• 1 tsp chia seeds
• 1 tsp of flax seeds
  
• 3 tablespoons melted coconut cream
• 80–100 g of marzipan
  

Chocolate Topping

• 40 g coconut cream
• 40 g dark or milk chocolate (vegan)
• 1 tsp golden syrup
• Pinch of salt
  

Apparatus

• 20 × 20 cm cake pan 
• Mixing bowl
• Wooden spoon
  

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Method

Step 1 – Make the bars

1. Grease the tin.
2. Crush the chi seeds and flaxseeds with a motor and pestle.
3. Chop the nuts and pumpkin seeds in a blender. 
   
4. Combine the chi seeds, chopped almonds and peanuts, cranberries and sultans, and shredded coconut in one bowl.
5. Blender the dates with 3 tablespoons of melted coconut oil.  This should result in a thick paste.
   
6. With a wooden spoon, combine the date mixture with the dry ingredients.  You might need to use your hands.  It will seem as if it is too dry, but it will be fine as long as it is well combined. 
   
7. Press the mixture down firmly into the prepared tin.  This action should take care of any dry loose bits.
   
8. Place it in the fridge for 1 hour to set.

Step 2 – Marzipan and peanut layer

1. Roll out the marzipan and lay it so it completely covers the base. You are unlikely to roll out one big square, so just do it in sections until it's covered.
2. Add the peanuts evenly over the marzipan and gently press them in a little. 

Step 3 – Chocolate Topping 

1. After the base has set, melt chocolate over low heat in a bowl in a medium pot of water.  Stir until smooth.
2. Combine the golden syrup, coconut cream and melted dark chocolate. Spread the over the base.
3. Allow to set in the fridge for about 1 hour. 
4. Cut into bars or squares.

I hope you decide to give this a try. If you do, please let me know what you thought in the comments below.  Please like, share with your friends and subscribe.